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Karen Bennett
Karen Bennett
Personal information
Born5 February 1989 (1989-02-05) (age 35)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Eight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Aiguebelette Coxless four
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Brandenburg Eight
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Eight
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lucerne Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Račice Coxless pair

Karen Bennett (born 5 February 1989) is a British rower who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Rowing career

Bennett's hometown is Edinburgh in Scotland. and she rows for the Leander Club.[1] She was a member of the Scotland Team at the 2014 Commonwealth Rowing Championships.

She was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where she won a silver medal as part of the coxless four with Rebecca Chin, Lucinda Gooderham and Holly Norton.[2]

She won a silver medal in the women's eight at the 2016 Olympic Games.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Karen Bennett - British Rowing". British Rowing. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. ^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
  3. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Great Britain eight win historic medal". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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